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jdemaris
12-31-2003 06:24:07
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Re: Re: Re: Re: John Deere 450B Transmission in reply to L.S., 12-27-2003 21:18:32
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Problem could be a number of things. One being that 350s with dry clutches don't store well. I've worked on many of them that were working fine, then got parked for a year or so, and then would not work at all. Usually, there was moisture in the clutch housings, the fiber clutch disks swelled up while the machine was parked, and subsequently, there was nothing but free-play in the steering levers. Most of the time the machines had to be torn apart to fix. On rare occasions, you could reach in, readjust the fingers on the steering clutch pressure plates, use the machine, get the clutches hot, and then re-adjust them as they dried out. The steering clutch housings have drain-plugs on the bottom. Some people choose to leave them out so any moisture can escape. That works okay, until you forget they're out, and drive through a creek, snowbank, or something similar. This is one of the reasons that Deere changed over to wet clutches with the "C" series. They store just fine, but have their own set of problems.
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